Armored car.



J. J. SPENCE. ARMORED CAR.

APPLICATION FILED an 22. 19!].

I 1,249,542. Patented Dec. 11,1917.

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J. J. SPENCE.

ARMOBED CAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22. I917.

Patented Dec. 11, 1917.

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n H w 1. J. SPENCE.

ARMORED CAR.

APPLICATION FILED mwzz. 1911.

Patented Dec. 11, 1917.

n 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3- ano nto attorney whom it may concern: V, gBe. it known .that I, i J OHN,

aonnyzr srnncn, or ennmvvrnrn, TEXAHS, ASSIGNOR or ONELHALFTO WELIAM ALSOBROOK, GREENVILLE, TEXAS. i i

citizen of the United states, residing at Greenville, in the county of Hunt and State of,Texas,.have invented a new and useful Armored Car, of which the following is a I specification. r y

@Thfli present invention .appertains. to an a arm'ored car. or portable fort, and aims to provide a novel and improved armor unit of fthatwnaturer i w ice serves as Yaprotection forthe gunners,

It is the object of the invention to pro- Videa portablestructure for housing a crew :g and protecting them from theweather as well as shell fireband the like, andproVid-Q ing a formidable fort, which canberun over ordinary roads. from place .to place for The deoperators, and other men of. thecrew,and

the structure can contain a number of machine; guns,- small cannons, regular army 1 1 guns itlldiOthGI'. ordnance. and equipment, whereby devastating fire of projectiles in.

various directions can be accomplished, While bullets, shell fragments and'other ordinary projectiles are deflected or glanced.

from: the armor plate.

1 11A" .further object of the invention is the provision of a novel turret for the effective firing of small cannons, machine guns, rifles. andother firearms, and for the protection of the operators and attendants.

@With theforegoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds; jtheinvention resides 1n the com i binationandarrangement of parts and. in thedetailsof construction hereinafter de- 1 it 1 scribed and claimed, it being understood that,

changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed canlbe made within the; scope of what is claimed, without de;

parting from the spirit of the invention. 1

i Th invention ,is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein HFigure 11s a perspective view of h 1 d;.-car, t

1g. 2. 1s longitudinal section thereof,

ofthe turret being broken away. carrying out the lnvention, there is idejd a suitable .declror. platform .1

mounted; onwheels 2.01 othersuitable rujnig. -3qiswa planview of the structure,

ARMOBED can.

Specification ofiLetters Patent. Patented Dec jl 1917, Application filed May 22, 1917; Seria1I Io.170,244. i 1 i ning gear, whereby the car canibe readily propelled from place to place by means of a suitable engine 3carried by the deck, preftice, although any suitable engine can be used at a suitable protected point of the car. The car has a suitable steering gear controlled by a hand wheel 4.: or other operating member, and disposed behind an armor platedash 5 upstanding from the deck 1 near the forward endthereof. This dash if ofcowl formation, being provided with the roof 7 and sides 8 of armorplate, to provide a compartment 11 for the operator, the dash 5 having an opening or window 10, to enable observations to be made. One side of the cowldash has a door 9 for admitting the crew, said door being armored. An armored hood 6 is supportedby the deck 1 in front of the .dash for protecting the engine walls 16, all of. which parts are of armor plate. The side walls 16 are bulged outwardlyfso that the :upper and lower portions areinclined, for deflecting projectiles,

andth'e ridge portions of said sidewalls are providedwith port holes 17 through which the firearms, ,such as machine guns, small.

' cannon, and the like, can be projected for firing toward the opposite sides invarious directions. The, partition 13 is provided with a door 18 for admitting the crew from the compartment 11 into the main compartment 12, and the partition 14 has a door 18 through which the men can pass.

An armored tower or dome 20 is mounted a on the roof 15 of the compartment12fon observation purposes, although the port holes 21;ofthe tower permit of the firing into the observationtower and, ifdesired,

a ladder .23 can be providedto emblems men ,to readily ascend into and descend from the observation tower.

Mounted on the rear portion of the deck 1 site id e W is a turret-having-the floor 2tniountedf for) g the fioor24: of theturret, and'whenthe turs 'ret i'sjon the fior,'the, cables 3 6 inbeing is pivoted for rotation" about a .vertiea'lTaxis. 5 The turret has upstanding sidev Walls 26' rotation onthe deck, said deck having a pivot 25, forsaidfioor, wherebyv the turret united with the floor, the forward portions, Y of said sidewalls being extended upwardly to about the; same heightas the compare ment 112', andhai ing a roof'or cover 27 the rear portion cof-"Which is inclined forfde- 'fiecting projeotilesupwardlya The upper,

portion ofithe turret rear'ofthe' roof :27

is mounted flier-rotation inany suitable manenatingffmeahs; and "a 'cable' 30 has itsjends' "attached to the? forirva rd?ends" of the side Walls Q'GQand'*the intermediate portion of'the" the? 'di uiri in being "rotated in opposite di re'ctio ns 'willjnove theflfor ward' portion of g V the'tui'ret foriv ard" one side or the other; to .bi'iifg the-turret to the. "desired angle;

tion, and having the diverging-'top-gand loot tom-"platesi32', a d the side" plates The 35 angle or" ridge "portion of the" shield bottom plate 32 'o'fithefishield{3r isvhinged', as at 35; upon the floor 24 of? the turret near thef irear'. end thereofi whereby the shield j I which isfdisposd "transversely, can be swung .aboilt atransverse axis. The shield' l is swung upwardly and rearwardl'y WhenflgiV- ingi hattle, the rear; portion o'ftthe' shield be i op'eI'rft-oac comniodate the gunners, Who be protected loy-f the shield from the fiiiefor ardljf doWnW-ardIyto sea t 'o'n the tiirreflhtweenf the" side walls ee therdf, as seemindottedline'sin Fi'g.';2, and may be used for housing-and pi'otecting ordnance;

"and ithelikez' 7 As a me n'sffh druins 38' willswing the shield31 upwardly effective for housing gunners When firing A cahle isWoiind iaround the drum 28',- whereby and 'loeirig-,sW-ingalole between sa'idgside walls.

Bury; The shield 31 can beswung 3 ar attached-{theretonean they tio'ii'," the cable s" 36in bingwound' upon the df rearwared yi t 'w lls ii ifi fiifingfcan be regulated" by rotating the 7' d1: urns 38 ;,to' ind up or unwind thecables! 36, and When the shield is in uprightipo sition; 'as 'see11" inid0tted lines 1n Fig. 2, 1t 1s at enemy 'airships;

is c'lai'med 'as neWisi- V w a I r a 1 g 1 An armored carf embodying'ai wheel; mounted 3 deck; an armored-i cowl dash there on having an observation opening: and! EM door at one side, a'main compartmentionl' thBI-F deck in rear of 'said dash-having apartition between it'ag'nd the fcompafrtment of; the I dash; A 8 5 said artition ha'ving; a: door,: the? sides'i'ofg: the said compartment having portz'holes', ax: turret mounted-on the deck; in; rearof: the main compartment, Ina-in compartment having I door "for access lto the turretg and an observation tower inountedion the "main compartment. 1" j J H '23 An -;arm0recl= 'car having; a deck, a-a tur+- Havi'ingi thusdescribed thei vention,lwhat p v g V retmounted on the deck, andwashieldhavingfi Carried the rear end i or the turret 'is" a an "'open portion andi anw'opposite para hole, the o em portion "of-the shield beinghinged to the turret; so that the shieldican: be swung to variouspositions and onto' -the turret in an upi i'ght'i pOSl-tlOIILWlth its? open portion; 1ower1n'o'sti1-. t An; armored car: having a-v deck, a tu-r ret having a fioor pivoted on the deck and: sidewalls upstanding" from i the floor; a; shield having an open portion and an oppo sitejporthole, the open portion oftheshield 5 heingh-inged on: said floor so-lthat the shield? can'ibe swung 'away from the fioor in Various positions; "'sa'id shieldheing sW'in'gable onto; the floor Withits i open portion: --lov ver 'inost,

4': Anfarmored carh'aVing-a deck,"a tur' ret rotatable upon the deck; a shield having: an open portion and an opposite port 'h'OTlB, the open portion of the; shield being hinged on the-turret, the shield beingswingabh onto .1 15 the turret with fits open portion lowen ost, 1

and means carried} the turret for swing-- ing saidgshieldtoward and away from the 'turre.

V armoifedcar having a deekQ-a turret 1120 having a floor-pivoted: on the deck, and side Wallsupstanding:"from the floor thea'side Walls being raised at one end, a protecting rooffjc'arnied l raised} portions ofthe sidewalls, the zu'ppei -portion of the turret being ofingbetweenksaid r-aised portions and the other" ends ofi the side Walls, shield having; ep en por-tion and an I opposite port: hole, the open portion "-of -'the- "shield being;

hinged on saidf floor adjacent to the last mentioned ends of the side Walls to swing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signaoutwardly and to upright position on said ture in the presence of two Witnesses.

floor With its open ortion lowermost and with the shield betw en the side Walls, and JOHN SPENCE' 5 meansbelow said roof for turning the tur- Witnesses: 1 ret and swinging the shield. J. H. MORGAN,

In testimony thatI claim the foregoing L. D. MOUTUNE.

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